Testicular tumours; clinical and histological patterns in Bahawalpur

ABSTRACT

[1] To study the clinical presentation of testicular tumours. [2] To study the histological pattern of testicular tumours in Bahawalpur. DESIGN: A prospective study. SETTING: Bahawal Victoria Hospital Bahawalpur. PATIENTS Fifteen consecutive patients of testicular tumours. METHODS: Presenting symptoms and findings of clinical examination were recorded. Abdominal ultrasonography and chest x-rays were performed in all the patients. Skeletal radiographs were taken in one patient presenting with back pain and paraplegia. Staging was done. Inguinal orchiectomy was performed and histology was done in all cases. 40% patients presented with primary testicular neoplasms. While 60% presented with clinical picture due to secondary deposits. Histologic pattern was 33.33% Seminoma, 6.67% Lymphoma, 6.67%. Teratoma, 13.34% Embryonal carcinoma, 6.67% Yolk sac tumour and 33.33% Teratocarcinoma. Patients with testicular tumours mostly presented with the clinical picture of their secondary deposits and were in advanced stage. Seminoma and teratocarcinoma were the commonest histological types